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APPLICATION NO.
FILING DATE
FIRST NAMED INVENTOR
ATTORNEY DOCKET NO.
CONFIRMATION NO.
09/868,417
10/23/2001
Charles Cameron Lindquist
26646 7590 06/19/2006
KENYON & KENYON LLP
ONE BROADWAY
NEW YORK, NY 10004
12143/1
1411
EXAMINER
MEUCCI, MICHAEL D
ART UNIT
PAPER NUMBER
2142
DATE MAILED: 06/19/2006
Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding.
PTO-90C (Rev. 10/03)
Office Action Summary
Application No.
09/868,417
Applicant(s)
LINDQUIST, CHARLES CAMERON
Examiner
Michael D. Meucci
Art Unit
2142
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Status
1)S Responsive to communication^) filed on 25 April 2006 .
2a)D This action is FINAL. 2b)D This action is non-final.
3) D Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is
closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213.
Disposition of Claims
4) E3 Claim(s) 59-122 is/are pending in the application.
4a) Of the above claim(s) is/are withdrawn from consideration.
5) Q Claim(s) is/are allowed.
6) Q Claim(s) is/are rejected.
7) D Claim(s) is/are objected to.
8) ^3 Claim(s) 59-122 are subject to restriction and/or election requirement.
Application Papers
9) D The specification is objected to by the Examiner.
10) D The drawing(s) filed on is/are: a)D accepted or b)D objected to by the Examiner.
Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a).
Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d).
11) D The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152.
Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119
1 2) Q Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 1 1 9(a)-(d) or (f).
a)D All b)D Some * c)D None of:
1. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received.
2. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. .
3. D Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage
application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)).
* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received.
Attachment(s)
1) □ Notice of References Cited (PTO-892)
2) [Zl Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948)
3) □ Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO-1449 or PTO/SB/08)
Paper No(s)/Mail Date .
4) O Interview Summary (PTO-413)
Paper No(s)/Mail Date. .
5) O Notice of Informal Patent Application (PTO-1 52)
6) □ Other: .
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
PTOL-326 (Rev. 7-05)
Office Action Summary
Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20060612
Application/Control Number: 09/868,417 Page 2
Art Unit: 2142
DETAILED ACTION
Election/Restrictions
1. Restriction to one of the following inventions is required under 35 U.S.C. 121:
I. Claims 59-120, drawn to computer network access regulating, classified in
class 709, subclass 225.
II. Claims 121-122, drawn to alarm system supervision, classified in class
340, subclass 506.
2. The inventions are distinct, each from the other because of the following reasons:
Inventions I and II are related as subcombinations disclosed as usable together
in a single combination. The subcombinations are distinct from each other if they are
shown to be separately usable. In the instant case, invention I has separate utility such
as the communications server creating a new connection to a connection gateway
which provides access to information contained within the environment directly to an
internet browser, whereas invention II has separate utility such as activating an alert
condition and transferring event information on the event which caused the alert
condition for future use.
3. Because these inventions are distinct for the reasons given above and have
acquired a separate status in the art as shown by their different classification, restriction
for examination purposes as indicated is proper.
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Art Unit: 2142
4. Applicant is advised that the reply to this requirement to be complete must
include an election of the invention to be examined even though the requirement be
traversed (37 CFR 1.143).
Conclusion
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89.
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